Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0Couples with children make up 41% in Ablis, more than in 99% of compared French towns
17% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Ablis is home to 3,913 residents in 1,470 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 5.9% of households have no car. Fewer empty homes than in 81% of compared French towns: 4.5%.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Ablis
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Ablis’ residents are under 37.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Ablis had 3,255 residents at the 2012 census and 3,913 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ablis has grown +20%, faster than 90% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Yvelines town +7%. The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +14% from 2017 to 2023.
13% of residents are 65 or over, below 95% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ablis 37.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ablis is 37.9, lower than in 88% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 22% in Ablis, less than in 98% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Ablis comes in at 11%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
In Ablis, 18% of homes are flats, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Turnover: 11% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Fewer households in social housing than in 59% of compared French towns: 10%. Ablis sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €30,190 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Ablis is €30,190 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns. 5.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
In Ablis, 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Here 12% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 72% of compared French towns: 10%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 6.8% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 55% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents account for 25%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
By its share of adults with no qualification (16%), Ablis is below 70% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,878 to 3,945 people, the 4th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 32.4 in Suippes to 57.7 in Belz.
Ablis is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablis | 37.9 | 13% | 2.1% | 10% |
| Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien 6,419 · 4.4 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines 5,875 · 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 2.5% | 8.6% |
| Gallardon 3,530 · 7 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 3.3% | 7.5% |
| Dourdan 11,415 · 7.9 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 15% |
| Rambouillet 27,724 · 9 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Épernon 5,715 · 9.8 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1.3% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Ablis
What is the population of Ablis?
3,913 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (3,255).
How old are Ablis’ residents?
The median age is 37.9, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ablis?
34, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ablis?
INSEE counts 400 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 260 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ablis?
€30,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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